RFP QuestBeta
ClosedStage · tender

ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON

Cheshire and Warrington Outline Energy Plan

R&DCPV 73210000
Value£75k
Deadline11 Mar 2026
Published16 Feb 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 16 Feb 2026ClosedCloses 11 Mar 2026
Who to contact
tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£75ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

This sits in the upper-middle of the Research & Development band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON publishes Research & Development work continuously — 8 notices, roughly one every 15 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.


You'll hear when ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON publishes Research & Development work again. One email per notice, unsubscribe in one click. We don’t use your address for anything else.

Match for your company
Sign up free to see how well this tender matches your company — the score, the signals that align, and where the gaps are.
The brief

ECW, on behalf of and in coordination with Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, and Warrington Borough Councils, is seeking to appoint consultancy support to produce a Cheshire and Warrington Outline Energy Plan; providing the evidence base to support local growth ambitions and investment pipeline development, support future spatial development work in Cheshire and Warrington, and support engagement in the NESO Regional Energy Strategic Planning (RESP) process.

This commission will provide a strong local evidence base for current and future demand, and build the case for investment in energy infrastructure to support both local growth ambitions and commitments in our Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Strategy to support the local energy transition and government ambitions for Clean Power by 2030.

Clean Energy is one vital component of Cheshire and Warrington growth ambitions, with unique existing (e.g.

VisNet, Gas Storage Facilities) and upcoming (e.g.

HyNet, HALEU) infrastructure providing substantial opportunities for us to pioneer approaches to clean power and industrial decarbonisation.

This infrastructure will support wider growth opportunities, ensuring that Cheshire and Warrington is an attractive location for housing growth, business development, and reindustrialisation.

To better grasp this opportunity, it is vital we: 1.

Better understand our baseline energy demand.

2.

Have access to light-touch scenario planning to anticipate the likely changes to generation and demand over the next 5-10 years.

3.

Can clearly and consistently produce early evidence for RESP, DSO, and NGET to secure strategic reinforcement to grid.

4.

Understand the integration of different energy transition vectors across the C&W landscape.

5.

Can drive investment to strategically vital energy projects in Cheshire and Warrington that support wider economic development.

This commission will provide the foundation for attracting inward investment in Cheshire and Warrington.

In the first instance it will ensure a clear understanding of the current and future energy infrastructure requirements, supporting the business case for major developments currently stalled by grid constraints (e.g.

Mersey Ring), and position the region competitively for national funding streams in 2027-28 which will be available via DSO ED3, potential T3 re-openers, and the NESO RESP process.

This ITT sets out the information which is required in order to assess the suitability of bidders in terms of their technical approach and solutions, stakeholder engagement and relationships management, quality assurange and project management approach, and value for money to meet the requirements of ECW for the development of a Cheshire and Warrington Outline Energy Plan.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

This infrastructure will support wider growth opportunities

This infrastructure will support wider growth opportunities, ensuring that Cheshire and Warrington is an attractive location for housing growth, business development, and reindustrialisation.

02

Understand the integration of different energy transition

Understand the integration of different energy transition vectors across the C&W landscape.

03

Can drive investment to strategically vital energy

Can drive investment to strategically vital energy projects in Cheshire and Warrington that support wider economic development.

04

This commission will provide the foundation

This commission will provide the foundation for attracting inward investment in Cheshire and Warrington.

05

In the first instance it will ensure

In the first instance it will ensure a clear understanding of the current and future energy infrastructure requirements, supporting the business case for major developments currently stalled by grid constraints (e.g.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What this bid requires

Skills, tools & certifications

Detected from the notice — the capabilities and credentials this bid calls for. Click one to see who wins that work.

Buyer intelligence

Make the case to bid

Reveal who to approach at ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON, and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.

Sign up free to unlock buyer intelligence

Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.

Deep dive · beta

The full intelligence dossier

Our agent reads ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.

Sign up free to run a deep dive

Five included while we’re in beta, and the agent asks before it spends on any paid step.

Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06553d
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
013976-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

Market context

Who wins this kind of work

The suppliers and buyers around this opportunity — drawn from official award data. Drag to orbit; click a node to explore.

Top suppliers & buyers in Research & Development

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.

ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON’s tender network

This view needs WebGL, which this browser has turned off.
Also open now

Similar open tenders

Cheshire and Warrington Outline Water Plan

ENTERPRISE CHESHIRE AND WARRINGTON

Closes 24 Sept 2026R&D
£80kValue

Greenhouse Gas Inventory Improvement Programme - 2  Energy, Waste, and Industrial Processes and Product Use

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Closes 27 Sept 2026R&D
£3.0mValue